Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers salary in Wheeling, WV

The median telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers in Wheeling, WV-OH earns $53,780 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,581 a month.

10th percentile: $43,990
25th percentile: $43,990
Median percentile: $53,780
75th percentile: $67,580
90th percentile: $78,830

Based on 70 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$42,972 take-home a year

Gross pay	$53,780
Federal income tax	−$4,274
Social Security + Medicare	−$4,114
West Virginia income tax (approx.)	−$2,420
Monthly take-home	$3,581
Every two weeks	$1,653

Does it go far here?

$60,890Median pay in Wheeling, WV is worth this at average US prices (local price level 88.3 vs 100).

23%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($812 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Wheeling, WV

Job	Median pay
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$97,310
General and Operations Managers	$80,440
Registered Nurses	$78,280
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$58,830
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$58,250
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$57,590
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$52,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$44,650

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